By not immediately pressing them in their retreat from the village, he lost both the initiative and an opportunity to finally curb the tribesmen and end the war.

Lynx were ahead after 50 minutes but surrendered the initiative and despite laying siege to the Swinton try line in the closing stages they were unable to claim victory.

Ireland had not played particularly well in that first half, had forced a dream start but quickly lost the initiative as they allowed their insecurities and nervousness to manifest itself into their play.

Frases

on one's own initiative

Managers need to be in the position where they can rely on their team to act on their own initiative, providing them with the authority to do so.

Elsewhere, many individual hospitals have acted on their own initiative or in association with groups such as the international network towards smoke free hospitals or the European network for smoke free hospitals.

Acting on their own initiative, farm households strive to stabilize their incomes largely through diversification of their income-producing portfolio.